Frustration grows as Houthis widen Middle East conflict with US unwilling to intervene

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Dramatic recent advances by the Iran-backed Houthis, including the seizure of a strategically important island in the Red Sea, have dealt another blow to a region reeling from the US war with Iran and exacerbated an already severe global energy crisis. But neither the US